William Barnes
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780571236657 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.11 |
| Tax | €0.79 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.90 |
| Availability | 5 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
William Barnes was born in 1801 near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, of a farming family. He learned Greek, Latin and Music, taught himself wood-engraving, and in 1823 became a schoolmaster in Mere. Among his best-known books of poetry are "Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect" (1844) and "Hwomely Rhymes" (1859).